Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-19 Thread Mark C
If you are using windows there is an unofficial driver for Nikon Scan v4 - https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/unoffical-vista-x64-driver-of-ls-8000ed-9000ed-for-nikon-scan-4-03.356066/ I'm running it with my LS8000 on Win10 x64. The Vista driver in that post works fine, but you have to suspe

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-12 Thread Rob Studdert
I did buy glass holders :) On 12 December 2017 at 12:36, Mark Roberts wrote: > Rob Studdert wrote: > >>It's a good machine, can be improved a bit though, I added black flock >>and matt paint internally on surfaces prone to reflection and upped >>the contrast a little. > > Did you come up with an

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert wrote: >It's a good machine, can be improved a bit though, I added black flock >and matt paint internally on surfaces prone to reflection and upped >the contrast a little. Did you come up with any tricks for keeping medium format film flat? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multime

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-11 Thread Rob Studdert
It's a good machine, can be improved a bit though, I added black flock and matt paint internally on surfaces prone to reflection and upped the contrast a little. On 12 December 2017 at 08:57, Mark Roberts wrote: > Zos Xavius wrote: > >>Damn. Lucky SOB. None of the sub 2k scanners compare. You g

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Zos Xavius wrote: >Damn. Lucky SOB. None of the sub 2k scanners compare. You got a steal. I can't tell you how long I let my cursor hover over the "Buy It Now" button while I an internal debate — "Is it for real or is it a scam?" — raged in my head. But the buyer checked out and I went for it. An

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-11 Thread Zos Xavius
Damn. Lucky SOB. None of the sub 2k scanners compare. You got a steal. On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > ...really is true. > > Like a Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 medium format film scanner (4000dpi) for > $1200. > > I've seen them going for far more than that. In fact, I've seen t

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-10 Thread Jack Davis
Like the scene and the exposure, Mark. J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2017, at 1:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Another archived slide, courtesy of my new LS8000 scanner: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d503202.jpg > > Wisteria in Magdalen College, Oxford. > Pentax MX, SMC-M 50mm f/1.4

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Another archived slide, courtesy of my new LS8000 scanner: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d503202.jpg Wisteria in Magdalen College, Oxford. Pentax MX, SMC-M 50mm f/1.4, Kodak E100SW. No idea what the shutter speed and aperture might have been :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia ww

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-09 Thread David Mann
On Dec 10, 2017, at 6:45 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > High resolution scans take a looong time. No big surprise, I suppose. > The IEEE 1394 interface is pointless, from a speed standpoint: The > bottleneck as far as scanning speed is concerned is *not* the transfer > of data from the scanner to the

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Jan van Wijk wrote: >What are you using to run the scanner, the Nikkon Software, or vuescan perhaps? >And is that on Windows or Mac ? I'm using VueScan. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-09 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Mark, On Sat, 09 Dec 2017 12:45:46 -0500 Mark Roberts wrote: > >This scanner is friggin' HUGE. Around double the size (volume) of my >previous medium format scanner the Minolta Scan Multi. I thought it >might be a little bigger than the Minolta but never imagined anything >like this. Amazing.

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/2017-12-08-0002.jpg > >That's a gorgeous shot!   scan didn't let you down, either -- now you >can redo some others :-) Here's a 100% crop from a tiny bit of the center: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/crop.jpg Other notes: This scanner

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-09 Thread ann sanfedele
That's a gorgeous shot!   scan didn't let you down, either -- now you can redo some others :-) ann On 12/9/2017 10:56 AM, John wrote: Me too, even though I already have a CoolScan-IV ED. On 12/8/2017 22:41, Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent! I’m jealous! Paul On Dec 8, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Mark

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-09 Thread John
Me too, even though I already have a CoolScan-IV ED. On 12/8/2017 22:41, Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent! I’m jealous! Paul On Dec 8, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: ...really is true. Like a Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 medium format film scanner (4000dpi) for $1200. I've seen them going

Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! I’m jealous! Paul > On Dec 8, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > ...really is true. > > Like a Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 medium format film scanner (4000dpi) for > $1200. > > I've seen them going for far more than that. In fact, I've seen the > film carriers alone listed for $8

Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

2017-12-08 Thread Mark Roberts
...really is true. Like a Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 medium format film scanner (4000dpi) for $1200. I've seen them going for far more than that. In fact, I've seen the film carriers alone listed for $800! (No scanner included.) Yeah, that's a bit unrealistic, but 1200 bucks for the scanner in excell

Re: Every once in a while

2017-09-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Should that be a MARK, Mark? :-)a On 9/13/2017 9:56 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: ooh very nice! How conventional of you :-) Hey! I might take offense to that! ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Every once in a while

2017-09-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
tistic purposes, to combine multiple images to expand the > time being captured in the image and produce a specific effect. But > I've discovered that every once in a while HDR is useful for... > getting high dynamic range. Who'd a thunk? > > Anyway, here's a 3-shot HDR of

Re: Every once in a while

2017-09-13 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >ooh very nice! > >How conventional of you :-) Hey! I might take offense to that! ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Every once in a while

2017-09-13 Thread ann sanfedele
I've discovered that every once in a while HDR is useful for... getting high dynamic range. Who'd a thunk? Anyway, here's a 3-shot HDR of the entrance to Christchurch (one of the colleges in Oxford): http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01263-26nat1.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Every once in a while

2017-09-13 Thread Mark Roberts
So. Most of the time you know I (and I realize this is just me) use HDR for artistic purposes, to combine multiple images to expand the time being captured in the image and produce a specific effect. But I've discovered that every once in a while HDR is useful for... getting high dynamic